Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Light | Secret Weapons Demo & Review

The Dark Star was one of those reverbs that really haunted my dreams. This levels that feeling up like few can.
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Signal Path:
29 Pedals EUNA
Origin Cali 76
Chase Bliss Condor
UA Lion
Strymon Dig
Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Light
Timecodes:
00:00 Song
02:27 Overview
08:29 Sound Samples
10:22 Dark Star
18:09 Sunlight
26:20 Dark Star into Sunlight
29:08 Mono In Stereo Out (Both Reverbs)
37:43 Full Stereo (Both Reverbs)
Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA
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[@FROZ333]

the dry / wet. and general routing options... freeze swapping between modes was a cool technique. all those knobs in general. the art. can't say i'm left wanting much more. another old blood classic

[@captainbluetooth]

Love it! I’ve been waiting for a proper demo of this pedal. I typically run mine just one input in, one out (with no routing) into the front of my amp, but you’ve inspired me to try some new things. Thanks!

[@Amplify32]

Was waiting for this! Great tutorial on this pedal, thank you!

[@SquareWaveSymphonies]

Honestly, you sold me on one of these! So beautiful and cool!

[@13aphomet]

Sounds great!! Such beautiful pads to play over..

[@cvlt2338]

What a beautiful sounding pedal!

[@crock2434]

Atmosphere is everything,good video

[@bassimprovjams3772]

So been waiting for Marks demo of this!As a simple plug and play bass Player and as bad as I want this I would be so confused on how to properly operate it givin all it’s options

[@TonyBlackNYC]

nice demo, thanks.

[@deranged-games]

i just bought this pedal! this is a really cool demo! i love the song played at the start! thats really nice :)

[@deranged-games]

this all sounds pretty complex and i learn best actually trying stuff for myself but im really enjoying the sounds. cant wait to get it in hand!

[@sevynn3970]

Man, I was looking at the Dark Star but I think I am going to spring for this instead- love the weirdness

[@noveltycrusade]

Really cool guitar 👍👍

[@tusleplopp1]

Nice! Good demo, i have the dark star and sunlight in separate enclosures, and i have kinda forgotten how atospheric they are!

[@yaoser]

Curious, since you’ve reviewed both this and the Slöer, would you say that they would be mostly redundant or whether they would both be worthwhile checking out?

[@deranged-games]

Also I know its a demo song at the start but id love to buy it if its on sale! on itunes or whatever! :) Its very relaxing

[@gustavorocha6004]

Fantastic this kind of reverb vibe, unfortunately this kind of machine don't land in Brazil. This give us a lot of ambience option out of the box of shimmers and cloud from Bigsky verb.

[@timnolan3125]

Still undecided on whether to buy this or the Walrus Audio Sloer.

[@BISHAMONT3N]

When are we getting an instrumental album? Love that intro track.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

I couldn’t resist. Had to have one. 39:45 🤯🤯🤯

[@patrickkoenigsfeld1253]

Ooooh yeah i cant wai to hear your take on this pedal. OBNE is so fantastic!!! I LOVE the new Beamsplitter and float so much! My alpha haunt still makes me smile everytime i use it too!!

[@acousticglue]

I had just bought Mercury X then seen this come out. Wonder if there is overlap there or if Mercury X can do some of this.

[@Wirus002]

hey guys, what do i need to practise to be able to compose this type of track? (at the start)

[@markjohnstonofficial]

Mess with chord shape inversions, focus more on producing a track than writing parts. That’s my approach at least.

[@Wirus002]

@@markjohnstonofficial thanks

[@wolvesandguitars]

I’m having a hard time figuring out lighter settings. And the volume spikes and drops are weird.

[@funkyfurballs1078]

Sometimes I can't find much variance with the knobs but then I end up finding something cool running through the same knobs again! Strange!

[@Taylor_King]

did you ever figure it out?

[@wolvesandguitars]

@@Taylor_King no, but the pedalzone dude gave me a pro tip. Its not the wrong application for this pedal. He said go full wet and use as a texture not a part of the tone. Still havent figured that out so I posted on TGP. not for me. Holler ill sell it for a decent price.

[@funkyfurballs1078]

@@wolvesandguitars I think I'm gonna turn off the trails until I can tame them! LOL

[@DylanWOWilliams]

I’m trying so hard to make this purchase. It’s just so much money.

[@haezeematera7671]

Nice one ! However it did not felt that dark to me if compared to a Chase Bliss Dark World for example which can even sound creepy sometimes 😅

[@markjohnstonofficial]

The name comes from the combination of the two reverbs; DARK star and sunLIGHT

[@haezeematera7671]

@@markjohnstonofficial indeed but still I would’ve loved a darker ambiance on this dark star as it might suggest ?

[@thebiblegroup7454]

Mark, thank you for this awesome review / demo. I'm playing a full stereo rig morphing into a 5.1 surround sound guitar system. The DarkLight will conform nicely to my setup. I know this because of your excellent portrayal of the pedal. Would you consider sharing your thoughts on 5.1 surround guitar (with or without software implementation} specifically for ambient space atmospheres? Thank you for your sincerity. May our Lord bless you always.